Welcome to the Ullapool News

TONIGHT – FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Ullapool Community Bonfire & Fireworks Display
West Terrace, Ullapool
Fire lit 6.15. Fireworks 7pm. Hot food, drinks & baking (bring cash for stalls & donation
buckets!)

SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER
Remembrance Day Service Church of Scotland 10am. The parade will march from the church to
the War Memorial at 10.45. Two minutes silence will be observed at 11am followed by the laying
of wreaths.

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WELL DONE ALANNA!
A huge well done to Alanna Stewart (P7),
who won the Scottish Book Trust 50 Word Story for September, which had a theme of ‘Raincoat.’
This is her entry:
I’m always hanging on the hook. Each day I wish it was raining, I wish I could be worn.
Until a huge rainstorm came! I was yelling “It’s September, more rain, HURRAY!” Mya took me to school and… I’m on a hook again! This is a waste of my time!

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CONGRATULATIONS!
The Ceilidh Place is delighted to have been nominated for Venue of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2026 which will be held in Paisley(and broadcast live on BBC Alba) on Saturday 5th December.
Jock Urquhart said “It’s a great honour to be recognised by the Trad Awards as one of Scotland’s premier venues for consistently supporting Traditional music, both long established performers and up and coming acts. The nomination is reward for all the hard work our modest team put in to a consistently exciting and vibrant programme.”
It is a public vote and you can vote from now until 15 November. Here is the link to where you can vote- https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot//voting/l

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Wee Tales Trail, Ullapool 2027

We’re delighted to announce a new Autumn Voices project for 2027, the Wee Tales Trail in Ullapool, thanks to funding from The National Lottery Awards for All. We’ll be working with author, visual artist and Ullapool resident LG Thomson to bring together community members aged 60+ to explore connections between people and place.

The trail will consist of a series of window decals prominently displayed in the village. To create the trail, LG will work in partnership with the Macphail Centre arts and community venue, An Talla Solais visual arts centre, and Ullapool Museum.

The project will be launched with a Saturday Sherry Session at the Macphail Centre in February 2027, followed by a programme of story-sharing events there facilitated by LG and supported by Ullapool Museum. The creativity will continue with a series of visual storytelling workshops at An Talla Solais, run by artist Rachel Grant.

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CONGRATULATIONS
RADIO WESTER ROSS STATION MANAGER WINS THE GOLD AWARD….
The winners have been announced at the Annual Community Radio Awards at a prestigious ceremony in Birmingham this weekend.
In the Best Presenter (Male) Category, the Gold Prize Award was unanimously awarded to Iain Meadows, Station Manager of Radio Wester Ross.

 

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Weather for Tuesday 20 to Monday 26 October

Max temp 16.9C = 63F Min temp 2.3C = 36F  Rainfall 47mm

We had a breezy reasonably dry start, but that didn’t last long and we had rain pretty much every day thereafter.  The temperature fell away as well. If you were looking for sunshine you would be looking still.

Storm Boelo arrived through the weekend bringing rainand storm force winds with gusts of 70mph +.
Locally there was some damage with trees down including a well-known one by the Primary school. By Monday it was gone and the ground filled in as if it had never gone.

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SCOTTISH OPERA WITH SMALL CHOIR FROM P7 for the last song of Hansel and Gretal

with interval – ( cash please.)

Tuesday 3 rd November 7pm

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COMMUNITY BONFIRE AND FIREWORKS

Friday 6th November  Fire lit 6.15  Fireworks  7pm.

Hot food, drinks and Baking PLEASE bring CASH for STALLS
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BAXTER WELCOMES FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT:  “FIGHT THE FIRE, NOT THE PAPERWORK”

Andrew Baxter MSP has welcomed plans to equip military aircraft to tackle wildfires but warned that Highland communities need a service that can respond quickly when it matters.

 …. Andy Burnham’s announcement that RAF Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft will be equipped to support firefighters battling wildfires across the UK. After the devastation of the  Cairngorms wildfire, communities across the Highlands will want to see every practical tool available to help prevent another emergency on that scale.

…..  “But an aircraft being available somewhere in Britain is only useful if it can reach a Highland fire quickly and operate effectively when it gets there.  “We need to know where these aircraft will be based, how quickly they can respond and whether the equipment and operating arrangements are suited to our terrain and conditions.

“The precious early hours of a wildfire cannot be spent on a bureaucratic merry-go-round between Edinburgh and Whitehall while the flames spread.….. “Put the agreements in place now. Train together, test the arrangements…..

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